Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-17


Jamss MIllar was brought down TO
the Northwestern hospital last evening
from a numbering camp near 6rayling,
suffering with u badly crushed foot
ADAPTATION will not be necessary. but
ne will be laid up for some time. Boy
city Tribune.
Joseph & Pinkous have Just receiv-
ed large stock of Dry Goods, Cloth
ing and Mems Furnishing Goods.
They have a line of suits that are finer
by half than any heretofore brought
to Grayling.
Although number of Otsego coun-
ty farmers are contemplating removal
to Dakota, the postmaster at Gaylord
is receiving an average of four letters
week from the blizzard country ask
ing the price of land. Diet. Netos,
There have been several cases Of
Diphtheria in Grayling, and two deaths
from the disease have been reported.
1t would be we'll If parents would keep
their children away from infected
places, and as soon as colds or sore
throat appears to have them treated
at once for that disease.
The annual encanpment of the de-
partmeat of Michigan, g. A. r., will
assemble at Redmond opera house.
Grand Rapids, Wednesday, March Is.
at 2: 80 p. III. The headquarters of the
department will be established at the
Morton- hnnsa, at 2 e,elnalx af- March
IA.
Prof. Hubbard, who condesended to
settle in Grayling, has slid oot for parts
unknown, leaving his family in a des-
titute condition. Mr. A. j. Rose visit
ed them and found they were suffering
from cold and hunger. He brought
them to town and started them on their
way to Saginaw, where it is supposed
they have friends. The boys feet were
so badly frozen that they looked like
as if the flesh was decayed.
Judge Tdttle informed US this week
that on his farm in Wilbur he last year
raised on 60 acres of ground about 81, =
800 worth of crops. which cost him
about $3.50 to prepare the ground for,
cultivate during the summer and har-
vest in the fall. The crop consisted OF
some ], 800 bushels of oats, the balance
being potatoes, turnips and roots.
This was the FIRST crop from newly
cleared ground. -LakeSide Monitor.
At the close of the regular business
of Marvin Post g. A. r., last Satur-
day Evening. the 'boys" surprised
Past Commander Bell completely by
presenting him with q large Photo
graph Album which will contain
the photos of all the members of
the Post. They had accertained that
that day was the 10th anniversary of
his birth, and the comrades took this
method Of celebrating the event.
Last Tuesday. Drs. L. g. L. went to
the country in a sleigh drawn by a
bucephalous lately purchased by the
NJ. ID. He carries his head all right.
bnt the driver thought he could inn
prove the position of his narrative,
and proceeded to do so, when both
were dumped into the snow. The
horse returned to town OH slow run
ard the occupants on a slow walk.
Moral. When you are out sleighing
let tie critter carry his tail in his own
way.
The depth OF snow February / in
open, level fields. is reported in the
Michigan crop report for February, in
the counties named, as follows: Bay 6
inches, Huron 4, Midland z. Saginaw 6,
Tuscola A ,Alpena Is, Arenac s, Antrim
is. BenZie 20. Charlevoix %. Cheboy-
gan %, Glare z, Crawford 10, Emmett
26, Gladwin 8, Grand Traverse 90,
Iosco Is, Leelenaw "a, Marquette go,
Ogcmaw z, Oscoda IL, Otsego "a, Ros.
common II The average depth in the
southern four tiers was 3 inches, in the
the central counties inches and in the
northern counties 81 inches.